Innovation
Apparently, Edgar Wright Turned Down Directing an ‘X-Men’ Movie
Director Edgar Wright has a short, but storied, history with Marvel Studios. The Shaun of the Dead director, whose new film The Running Man just opened, was famously going...
We Tried and Tested the Best Gifts for Plant Lovers With Our Own Green Thumbs
Ostensibly, plant lovers should be the easiest to shop for. Just get them a plant, right?Wrong. (Well, most of the time.) I review indoor hydroponic gardens for WIRED and...
In defense of Apple’s $230 iPhone sock | TechCrunch
If you thought Apple’s $19 polishing cloth was ridiculous, wait until you hear about Apple’s newest product: the limited edition iPhone Pocket is a cloth sling for your phone,...
Jon Watts Would Like to Remind You He Made a ‘Star Wars’ Show This Year, and Would Like to Make More
It seems like it was not so long ago (in a galaxy far, far away) that the Star Wars adventure series Skeleton Crew, starring Jude Law and created by Jon...
Sephora Promo Codes for November 2025
If you’ve ever shopped for a beauty product, you’ve probably heard of Sephora. The brand is known for its excellent rewards program, free birthday gifts, free samples, generous return...
Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine’s video archive | TechCrunch
As generative AI content starts to fill our social apps, a project to bring back Vine’s six-second looping videos is launching with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s backing. On Thursday,...
OpenAI Releases Its ‘More Conversational’ GPT-5.1
OpenAI dropped a mini-update to its model, releasing GPT-5.1 to the public. According to the company, the update will make its chatbot, ChatGPT, “smarter” and “more conversational,” introducing new...
The AI Boom Is Fueling a Need for Speed in Chip Networking
The new era of Silicon Valley runs on networking—and not the kind you find on LinkedIn.As the tech industry funnels billions into AI data centers, chip makers both big...
Teradar raises $150M for a sensor it says beats lidar and radar | TechCrunch
Matt Carey, the co-founder and CEO of Boston-based startup Teradar loves when people tell him: “I don’t believe you.” That’s “right where we want folks,” he recently told TechCrunch....
As Spyware Companies Get Chummy with White House, Apple and WhatsApp Say They’ll Protect Your Phone
Statements that they’ll help thwart “mercenary spyware” are putting Apple and Meta on the side of platform users with fears about spying tools. The Guardian reports that two spyware...
